The Inmates Run the Asylum at the Psychological Association
The American Psychological Association may soon lose its accreditation authority. Last month, a bipartisan advisory board to the Education Department voted 7-4 to recommend suspending recognition of the APA’s Commission on Accreditation. The vote followed testimony alleging the group tolerated a “pervasive culture of antisemitism” in psychology programs and professional settings.
The reports are alarming and deserve serious attention. But focusing solely on the APA’s hostility toward Israel and Jewish members risks obscuring a larger problem. A substantial part of organized psychology has ceased behaving like scientific and professional bodies and has become a vehicle for left-wing political activism.
